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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Zitto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger Huerta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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207 lbs
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202 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hank Zitto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Huerta!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zitto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zitto closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Huerta connecting with a few gentle strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huerta is trying to stand.
Zitto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Huerta has hold of Zitto's hands but Zitto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Huerta is trying to control but can't.
Zitto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Huerta defending well though.
Zitto keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Huerta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zitto.
Zitto could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Huerta is trying to stand back up but Zitto is controlling him
Zitto working Huerta over with strikes.
Zitto scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Huerta tries to get to full guard but Zitto has control of the leg.
Zitto thows a huge punch but Huerta dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zitto lands strikes from half guard.
Huerta is trying to stand back up but Zitto is controlling him
Zitto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Zitto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zitto looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Zitto is nestled in close to Huerta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zitto is nestled in close to Huerta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zitto wants to pass to mount but Huerta is defending the position.
Zitto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zitto prevents Huerta from improving his position.
Zitto slips a nice elbow through Huerta's hands, connecting with Huerta's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitto lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huerta moves into full guard.
Zitto is working Huerta over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Huerta looking to control.
Huerta looks gassed!
Huerta keeping moving, preventing Zitto from controlling successfully.
Huerta is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zitto is controlling him.
Huerta has momentary wrist control but Zitto slips an elbow through the middle.
Zitto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Huerta is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zitto passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Huerta!
BOOM! Zitto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zitto is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Huerta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zitto connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zitto cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zitto scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Huerta tries to lock up and control but Zitto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zitto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zitto with a couple of short strikes.
Zitto landing strikes from the mount and Huerta is in trouble!
Huerta's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Huerta is looking to improve his position but Zitto isn't that keen on the idea.
Huerta tries to hold on but Zitto pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zitto landing shots from mount.
Zitto lands a big elbow.
Zitto landing strikes from the mount.
Huerta taking shots to the head.
Zitto scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Huerta wants to hold on but Zitto pushes him away.
Zitto scoring with strikes but Huerta is staying in there.
Zitto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Huerta tries to hold on but Zitto postures up.
Zitto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Huerta hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huerta is trying desperately to improve position.
Zitto looking to finish Huerta with some ground and pound. This is bad for Huerta!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Zitto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zitto tries a head kick but it misses.
Huerta tries for a takedown but Zitto circles away easily
and Zitto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Huerta is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Huerta working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zitto.
Huerta is trying to keep Zitto in close.
Zitto lands a couple of digs.
Zitto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zitto postures up and lands a big shot to Huerta's brow.
Zitto postures up and lands a big shot to Huerta's brow.
Zitto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Huerta is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta looking to control.
Zitto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zitto is working Huerta over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zitto works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Zitto working over Huerta with some ground and pound. Huerta looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Huerta really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zitto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Huerta wants to control but Zitto is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zitto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Zitto is nestled in close to Huerta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Huerta is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zitto lands with a punch from half guard.
Huerta on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zitto lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitto working Huerta over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Zitto there.
Huerta is looking for a sweep. Zitto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zitto is looking to advance position but Huerta won't allow it.
Huerta wants to improve his position but Zitto is controlling well.
Zitto not doing much here.
Zitto wants to pass to mount but Huerta is defending the position.
Huerta has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zitto is working away from the top position though.
Huerta is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Zitto's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Zitto's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta cracks Zitto with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Zitto from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Zitto turns into Huerta and is now in his guard.
Huerta working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zitto.
Huerta is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Huerta is trying to control the position but Zitto postures up.
Zitto preventing the sweep.
Huerta trying to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zitto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Huerta is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Huerta fails with the takedown
and Zitto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zitto with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Zitto trying to control but Huerta is working from the bottom.
Zitto postures up and lands a big shot to Huerta's brow.
Zitto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zitto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Huerta keeping moving, preventing Zitto from controlling successfully.
Zitto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Zitto dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Huerta wants to clinch up but Zitto keeps it at a distance.
Huerta tries for a takedown but Zitto circles away easily
and Zitto counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Huerta is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Zitto jumps into side control!
Zitto scores with punches from side control.
Huerta taking a bit of punishment here - Zitto scoring with strikes.
Huerta taking a bit of punishment here - Zitto scoring with strikes.
Zitto in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Zitto moves into full mount!
Zitto with good strikes from the mount here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zitto landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Huerta in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zitto prevents Huerta from getting the reversal.
Huerta is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee warns Huerta that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zitto prevents Huerta from getting the reversal.
Zitto tries to control but Huerta wriggling away.
Huerta is trying desperately to improve position.
Zitto is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Huerta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zitto lands a nice shot to the head.
Huerta wants to hold on but Zitto pushes him away.
Huerta is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hank Zitto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zitto scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Huerta?
Zitto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Huerta can do to turn this around?
Zitto dominating with strikes here.
Zitto scoring with strikes but Huerta is staying in there.
Zitto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zitto working Huerta over with strikes here.
Huerta is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta tries to lock up and control but Zitto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zitto is landing with some decent strikes but Huerta is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Huerta is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Huerta is looking to get to half guard.
Zitto scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Zitto landing strikes from the mount and Huerta is in trouble!
Zitto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zitto working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Huerta takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Huerta wants to control but Zitto is having none of it.
Huerta is trying desperately to improve position.
Zitto with the ground and pound from mount.
The referee warns Huerta that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zitto with the ground and pound from mount.
Zitto lands a nice shot to the head.
Zitto punishing his opponent with strikes.
Huerta is in a horrible position here. Zitto smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Roger Huerta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Huerta is desperately trying to improve his position but Zitto has a good base and remains in mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Zitto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zitto, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Zitto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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